Arrival Time
Relate Skills At Arrival Time
Make eye contact
Encourage waving
Provide a warm, verbal greeting
Think Skills at Choice Time
Narrate their exploration
Ask open-ended questions
Engage them with new objects and experiences
Move Skills at Mealtime
Talk about nutrition and healthy eating
Build grasping skills through holding a cup, spoon, or picking up small pieces of food.
Regulate at Rest Time
Assist children in soothing routines and when possible encourage self-soothing behaviors.
Have a predictable but flexible nap routine to help transition into sleep.
Communicate Skills During Diapering
Narrate your actions and the child's actions during a diaper change.
Think Skills at Arrival Time
Peak curiosity through the materials
Join them in play/exploration
Rotate items when they are no longer engaging
Communicate Skills at Choice Time
Read and look through books often
Have "conversations" while you play
Narrate their actions and yours
Regulate Skills at Mealtime
Describe their emotions "You're crying because you're hungry." or "You seen excited to have snack."
Use cues so that infants know what is coming such as singing a snack time song, or signing milk as you prepare a bottle.
Move Skills at Rest Time
Calm down and create body awareness with yoga before nap.
Promote autonomy and self-help skills with older infants by prompting them to help with the process, such as "Grab your pacifier for me."
Relate Skills During Diapering
Connect emotionally during this one-on-one time with eye contact, smiling, and a gentle approach.
Let them see you as a resource and explain that how you are helping them.
Communicate Skills at Arrival Time
Have "conversations" with infants
Draw their attention to their labeled name when putting away their belongings
Relate Skills at Choice Time
Respond to their play interests
Be in close proximity
Place them near one another
Think Skills at Mealtime
Allow them to explore their food through multiple senses.
Identify colors, textures, and count items at mealtime.
Relate Skills at Rest Time
Be attune to their individual cues of being sleepy and identify their signs of drowsiness.
Comfort them when they have difficulty sleeping.
Move Skills During Diapering
Promote autonomy by letting them (older infants) wipe their own hands or assist in taking off their own shirt.
Explain the healthy habit of washing hands.
Regulate Skills at Arrival Time
Be predictable and organized
Acknowledge emotions and show empathy
Move Skills at Choice Time
Organize toys close and far to get them reaching or crawling.
Take them outdoors
Relate Skills at Mealtime.
Be aware of their individual signs of hunger and satiety.
Connect emotionally while feeding them through smiling, eye contact, and imitating their expressions.
Label their food preferences to build a sense of self.
Communicate Skills at Rest Time
Have story time before or after a nap.
Sing a song lullabies.
Narrate your own actions or theirs before or after a nap.
Think Skills During Diapering
Narrate the diaper routine to help them anticipate what's next.
Count and identify body parts.
Move Skills at Arrival Time
Promote healthy habits through narrating while washing hands.
Regulate Skills at Choice Time
Acknowledge their efforts
Provide encouragement and assistance
Focus their attention through active play
Communicate Skills at Mealtime
Label food items and describe them.
Have back-and-forth exchanges during meals, giving pause for them to respond in gestures and sounds.
Think Skills at Rest Time
Help them anticipate what's coming by narrating their rest routine. "I'm putting on the music to help you sleep." "Lets get in the rocking chair to help you go to bed."
Regulate Skills During Diapering
Describe their emotions before, during, and after a diaper change.
Model regulation skills by staying relaxed and engaged during the diaper change.